CORRECTION OFFICER PORTER, et al. v. RONALD NUSSLE (2002)

CORRECTION OFFICER PORTER, et al. v. RONALD NUSSLE
	Term: 2001
Important Dates
	Argued: January 14, 2002
	Decided: February 26, 2002
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

CORRECTION OFFICER PORTER, et al. v. RONALD NUSSLE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 2002. The case was argued before the court on January 14, 2002.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Connecticut U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - comity: civil rights
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Connecticut
Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 534 U.S. 516
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.